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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Deri'mher 2"i 



I'onvrntinii. ;is hiHs wrre iiiario \ty Xi-w Vnik <Jiry. Ituffaio, Moinphis, St. 

 Lniiis ami ('hi<'Mj;(», as well as that city. 



Tho culortainiiipiit I'xpcnsos of thi' nccasiuu will hp ilct'rayed as here- 

 tofore liy the luihHeation of a souviiiir iirogram aud the sale of adver- 

 risiiiy: siiaci- tlien-iii to iiieml)ers ainl unu'rai advertisers catering to the 

 liimbiT industry. The secretary's reinirt covering the activities and prog- 

 ress of the association during the first half of it.s present fiscal year was 

 the most favoralde from every stundiM.iut that it has ever been possitde 

 to present. 



In the way of membership ;;aiiis, a remarkable record was scored, cs- 

 pecially and emphatically so consid<'riug that the latter part of the 

 .same six months has witnessed a sharp siump in practically all lines of 

 Imsiness. and from which dec-line the hardwood trade has by no means 

 been exempt. Eighty-eight new applications for membership received 

 since the fall meeting of the executive committee, Sept. 23, were passed 

 upon and accept<'d. These added to the OC. ni'w members admitted within 

 the preceding three months Iirings the total gain for the first half of the 

 c\irrent fiscal year up to 1S4. There have been membersliip losses from 

 all causes during the same period of 3S so that the grand total of our 

 ini'mi)ership at this writing is 1396. 



The semi-annual showing of the association's finances made to the 

 board indicated a stalile, well-balanced status throughout, and a material 

 gain in net resources since the annual meeting in June. This is particu- 

 hirly gratifying In view of the fact that the association Is now operating 

 on a larger scale than ever before and that general trade con<]itions are 

 what they an-. 



Southern Hardwood Traffic Association Prepares for Annual 



The next annual of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Association will be 

 held at Memphis in the Hotel Chlsca .Ian. 20. 1921, according to announce- 

 ment of J. II. Townshend, secretary-manager, following a meeting of the 

 governing board one day during the past week. Officers and directors will 

 be elected for the folhtwing year, and, to this end. S. M. Nlckey. president. 

 appointed the following nominating committee to select <andidates for 

 president, vice-presidents, treasurer and one-third of the total nuuiljer of 

 directors. This committee consists of the following; (ieorge C. Ehemann. 

 Memphis, chairman : Walker L. Wellford, Chickasaw Cooperage Company, 

 Memphis, and T. V. Ashby, Ashl\v Veneer & Lumber Company, Jackson, 

 Tenn. In accordance with prece<lent, only one set of candidates will he 

 norninated. It is i-egarded as practically certain that President Xickey, 

 whose administration has been singularly successful, will succeed himself. 



The program has not yet been prepared, but it may he authoritatively 

 stated that a member of the Interstate Commerce Ccunmissinn or a prom- 

 inent railroad president, or both, will be invited to address the members. 



of the lioanl tif Lioveniois. duiing their meeting here. 



niiist lie done in rcpnnection with the present high rates 



lier and forest products," and enough has transpired 



the conviction that the association will move, during: 



It was I he sei 



that 'soim'tbiii 



on low urad'- Ini 



iM'cently to eat ry 



the earlier i)art of the year, for a distinct downward revision of rates on 



hardwood lumlier on the theory that these are so high as to greatly restrict 



outlets lieretofore enjoyed therefor. It is therefore not at all Improbable 



that tile next annual of this organization may take such action as to pave 



the way for this rate contest. wJiich will doubtless be one of the greatest. 



in the issues at stake and in the money invtdved. in the history of the 



hardwood lumber industry. 



The board, during the meeting, deciib'd that members handling all of 

 their claims through the association wouhl pay a conunission of only 13 

 jiercent on amounts recovered, but that members who handle only part of 

 their claims through the r)rganization must pay 20 percent on all recoveries 

 below $'(0 an<i !(► percent on all above that amount. 



The association has en.ioyed one of the best years in its histor.v. despite 

 the reversal that has overtaken the hardwood industry. It has lost very 

 few iiieiuhers thnnigh death or resignati(U). At the same time it has 

 established a new high record in the matter of new members, having now a 

 roster of more than 500, controlling annual shipments of over 350,00ti 

 cars of forest products. Its finances are in excellent condition, and s<' 

 much has lie4'n accotnplished in the way of instructive work that members 

 are looking forward with unusual pleasure to the forthcoming meeting. 



The feature of the annual, aside from the addressi's to which reference 

 has been jnade and the election of officers, will he the detaile»i report of 

 .] . 1!. Townshend. secretary-managei" of the association. 



Knoxville Club Elects Officers 



J. M. Logan was elect I'd president (d' tin- Knoxville Lumbermen's Club 

 at its regular meeting Frhlay, Dec. 7. the first of the regular luncheons to 

 be held in the magnificent new Knoxville Business Men's Club. Mr. Logan 

 has been serving as vice-president during the past year. L. £1. Shaflfer 

 rpf Shaft'c-r & Company and the Pioneer Lumber Company was elected vice- 

 president : U. S. Andes of the Andt^ Lumber Company, secretary, and 

 Kred Stair of the Stair-Sharp I..nmher Company, treasurer. 



The club has had a highly .successful yenr under the leadership of Carl 

 F. >Iaples of the Maples Lumber Company as president, the attendance 

 at the election meeting being the largest in the history of the club. The 

 club is fully representative of the hardwood interests of this city and 

 section. Mr. Maples and his associate officers were g:iven a rousing vote 

 of thanks for their excellent work. Mr. Maples commending the excellent 

 work of Treasurer II. N. Saxton and Secretary K. R. Gates. Under the 

 rules of the club the entire official list is changtvl each year The report 



